Type-setting machine.



PATENTED AUG. 13, 1907.

W. P. QUENTELL.

' TYPE SETTING MACHINE. I

APPLIOATION FILED DBO. 81,190 6.

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PATENT ornron.

WILLIAM P. QUEN'IELL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

TYPE-SETTING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Au 13, 1907.

-Application filed December 31, 1906. Serial No. 350.225.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM P. QUENTEL, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented new and useful Improvements in Type-Setting Machines, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention provides means by which selected type can be rapidlyandaccuratelytaken from a magazine and delivered to a type rod or holder.

' his invention resides in certain novel features of construction setforth in the following specification and claim and illustrated in theannexed drawing, in which:

Figure 1 shows a plan view of a machine embodying this invention. Fig. 2is a side elevation of the device of Fig; 1 in section along ling x a:Fig. 1. Fig. 3 shows parts in adifferent position than in Fig. 2. Fig. 4is a perspective view of a type guide. Fig. 5 shows a Weight. Fig. 6shows a modification.

in this drawing is shown a support or platform a with risers or frame bcarrying a series of magazines 0 for type d. Each magazine carries typesof one letter. The selection from different magazines is made aspresently explained.

To a slide or shuttle e or rather a depending arm or bracket fixed tothis shuttle is iulcrumed at f a lever or rod 9 having a type guide hand means for detachably holding a type rod 1'. This part e is called ashuttle as it is slid back and forth to one point or another as requiredfor selecting a specific type or magazine. As the slide with type guideis moved back and forth in selecting type or magazines, said guide isheld by spring is away or out of register with the magazines. When at aselected magazine or letter the type guide is moved or swung to line orregister with a magazine by i This finger lever actuates a bail ofulcruined at p so as to move the type guidetoward a magazine andagainst the action of the returning spring it. Such bail as seen at 0 inFig. 1 extends across the machine in front of the type guide Fig. 3 forthe type guide or rod as it iscarried back and forth by the slide e tomove between this bail and the magazines. As bail o swings toward themagazines such bail presses or swings the type guide h in the samedirection, such type guide or its rod g as already noted beingswingingly supported at point f and in contact with but not connected tothe bail o. The function of the bail in each case is to swing the typeguide to a magazine 0. When released the spring It returns the typeguide or swings it away from the magazines. It need not be speciallystated that springs are applied where needed as for example to returnthe bail or finger lever or for other purposes. Such. details areunderstood in machines of this kind. A returning spring for the bail isshown at q.

Each magazine has a stop to prevent premature or improper discharge orloss of type. This stopr located at the bottom or outlet of itsrespective magazine is shown in form ofspring plunger, the spring 8holding the stop in the way of the type.

The type guide h secured to or cast on the upper part of the swingingsupport 9 has a stop 1. which is normally held retracted by spring a. Asthe type guide swings to a magazine such guide strikes a stop r to moveit out of the way. Also the projecting heel or rear part of stop tcoming against a supporting block or other part carrying the magazine isprojected or pressed forward so that its front extends out beyond theface of the type guide. As the stop 1 recedes and the stop t comes intoaction a type d slips or falls off the lower end of the magazine and isarrested by projected stop t. Upon thereturn of the type guide the stop1* following outward returns to the stopping position to prevent thefollowing types from coming off the lower end of the I the type whichhad been taken from the magazine and come to rest on stop t slips by itsweight along the guide and onto the type rod 2'. The types and guide asalso the magazines and the type rod are so formed that the types willhold to them and slide along the same without coming off between theends, one such shape of construction being indicated in Fig. 1 at c and(1, while another form is shown in Quentell U. S. Patent No. 834,164,Figs. 6 and 7. The form of magazine shown in Fig. l is of dove tailshape in cross section which has been found effective and easilyconstructed.

'The type fitting outside of or clasping the magazine can easily sliponto and along the same and maintain hold thereon until they drop fromthe bottom end of each magazine. As the stops alternate under successiveswings of the type guide one type after another is taken and comes torest on the type rod. The type rods can be suitably mounted on the leverg adapted to act as a type rod carrier and when a type rod is filled itcan be removed and a new one supplied. in Fig. .3 a screw is shown inthe support g at the lower end of the type-rcd, while the upper end ofsuch rod can have a dowel projecting into a hole, in the guide it and onloosening or removing the screw the type rod can be pulled'out of place.

The slide c has a handle or finger piece 3 by which it can be moved to aselected character on a letter board 4 having suitably placed stops atwhich letters or characters are placed. The handle has a stop piece 6formed as a slide or loop which can be raised to pass over the stops andallowed to drop so as to be arrested against a stop. Any suitablestopping arrangement could be employed to enable the slide to be heldfirmly and accurately at a point selected for the type guide. to take acertain type or character from a magazine. A starter or scraper 7 inshape of an inclined faceor armscan be provided against which the typeguide would strike the type and start it-to the type rod if any suchtype should stick at the upper part of the type guide. The upper part ofrod or support g is slotted and the stop 1' engaged by said slotted orforked part acts also as a guide pin to insure accurate registering ofthe type guide and magazine. As the support 9 swings toward the starter7 the inclined lower face or edge of this part 7 comes into the grooveseen in Fig. 4 at the top of the support 9 and guide 72, and if a typeshould stick at such upper end portion of the guide it such type comingto the inclined lower surface of starter 7 would be pressed downward andstarted toward the rod 71. The slot 9 shown in Fig. 4 at the top of therod g on the swinging of the rod or support 9 co-acts with v the guidepin 1' to insure accurate registry of the type guide and magazine whensaid parts are in operative relation to one another. The parts 9 h and imove in the machine asthough they were one part and for convenience ofdesignation these parts might be collectively called a rod whichcollects the type on its part i which at suitable times is removed andreplaced since the expression type guide necessarily includes the" typerod supporting such guide.. I

A weight 8 can be applied to the magazine supply of type so as to insuretheir descent or proper feed. Dif-- ferent rows of stops are shown onthe key board 4 and the stop 6 can be slid on the handle 3 to engage astop of any selected row. This handle 3 is attached to the slide orcarriage e. i

The operation of the dcvice/is'readily understood. The type guide beingbrought to a selected stop on the letter board is swung to thecorresponding magazine and the alternating stops are actuated to allowone type to come to rest on the guide 1 while the other types stay inthe magazine. The steps r L being suitably spaced or the width of thetype suitably gaged but one type at a time is cut off from the pile ortaken by the type guide. The steps 1- t are called alternating becauseas either one of these steps moves out of action the other comes intoaction. As the support 9 moves or swings to the magazine or to the frameback b said support 9 engages stop r and pushes it back outof oper ativcposition. At the same time such support butts the stop t against theframe b and projects such stop to active position as seen in Fig. 3 sothat the column of type on the respective magazine slips down to come torest on the stopt. As the rod' 9 returns or swings back to the positionshown in Fig. 2 the type resting on stop t is carried away from themagazine, and this stop t moves out of action to let this type slide torod 11, while stop r again moves into action. The column oitypereiuaining in the magazine rests on top of the rod 9 as it swingsaway from the magazine and on the ward and back movement.

stop 1" which follows this rod 9 as it swings away. On the return of thetype guide such type slips or falls to the type rod. The slide ormovable support e brings the type guide in front of a magazine, and thekey in or the key actuated bail o and spring is move the guide to andfrom contact with the magazine. The type guide thus has a longitudinaland a transverse or for- The shuttle and moving parts can be made lightso as to avoid wear and allow easy movements. The finger lever in couldbe fulcrumed on shuttleeand the bail o in such case dispensed with andthe finger lever made to directly engage the type carrier (Fig. 6'),

What I claim is I 1. A type-setting machine comprising a magazine, astop at the outlet of the magazine, a spring for holding the stop inaction, a movable type guide, a stop on the receiving end portion of thetype guide; and a spring for normally retracting the stop on the typeguide, and means for moving the type guide to and. from the magazine toretract the stopat the magazine while projecting its own stop. I

2. A type-setting machine comprising a 'magazine,'a stop, a spring forholding the stop in action, a movable type guide, a stop on the typeguide, and a spring for normally retracting the stop on'the type guide,and means for moving the type guide to and irom the magazine to retractthe stop at the magazine while projecting its own stop said stop on theguide beingplaced-at the'end portion ,of the guide which 'lies towardthe magazine so as to allow but one type at a time to passfrom themagazine. to the stop as the guide moves, to 'the magazine.

3. A type-setting machine comprising a magazine with suitable support, astop at the outlet of the magazine, a spring for yieldingly holdingthestop in active position means for actuating said stop, a type guide.movable to and from the magazine, a spring retracted stop on'the typeguide, and means for moving the type guide to and-from the magazine andfor bringing the stop on the type guide to contact with the support ofthe magazine to project said stop beyond the face of the guide,

4. A typesetting machine .comprising a magazine, a letter board, a typeguide between the magazine and board, a slide by'which the type guide'istransported and on which-the typeguide is pivotally mounted so that/itcan swing, a key, and a bail actuated by the key and mad to move thetype guide.

5. A type-setting machinecomprising a magazine, a lon-. gitudinally andtransversely movable type guide, and stops on the guide and'magazine. 4v

6. A type-setting machine comprising a magazine and a type guide. andmeans for transferring type from'one to the other, said means comprisinga longitudinally and transversely movable type guide, a stop forlimiting the number of type to be transferred, and a stop for preventingtype from unduly leaving the magazine.

'7. A type-settingmachine comprising a series of magazines and vibratingtype guide, a shuttle or slide for-carryin the type guide in front or amagazine and'means for bringing the type guide into register with amagazine.

8. A type setting machine comprising a magazine with a type stop, aguide mounted to swing and guided by said stop, a slide and key formoving the guide to, and from a magazine, and a stop on the-guide madeto act alternativeiy with the stop'at the, magazine.

9. A type setting machine comprising a series ,of magazines, a swingingtype guide, a spring for normally lwlding the 'guide away from themagazine, a finger key for moving the guide to the magazine, a. slide-orshuttle for supporting the-guide, a key board and an arm with a stop forengagi ng'-the keyboard.

10. 'A type-setting machine comprising a series of magi rying qthe typeguide in front of amaga zlne and me'an s for bringing the-type gnideintoregisterviivith magazine and a scraper or starter for the type which hasbeen taken from the magazine. v

'11. A type-setting machine comprising a series of magazines andyibrating type guide, a shuttle or slide for carrying the type guide infront of a magazine and means for bringing the type guide into registerwith a magazine and means for transferring a type from the magazine tothe type guide.

12. A type-setting machine comprising a series of maga- Z the presenceof two subscribing witnesses.

In testimony 'Whereof I have hereunto set my hand in WILLIAM P.QUENTELL.

Witnesses: Enwnnn WIEsNnn W. C. HAUFF.

